search results for 'RSBB'

His most momentous proclamatory work, though not yet divulging the totality of His messianic claim, in which He counsels and chastises, in turn, the entire company of the kings of the earth, the kings of Christendom, the French Ambassador in Constantinople, the ministers of the Ottoman Sultan, the inhabitants of Istanbul, the Sultan himself, the Persian Ambassador to the Sultan, the people of Persia, the divines and wise men of Constantinople, and the philosophers of the world.

Chastisement and requital; Justice and wrath of God; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to divines; to religious leaders; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment

ROB2.301 et al, BKOG.207, BKOG.213, BKOG.330, GPB.171, MMAH.158, GSH.090, LL#319

BH00049

Lawh-i-Nasir

5960

Tablet to Hájí Muhammad-Nasír-i-Qazvíní (Lawh-i-Hájí Muhammad-Nasír-i-Qazvíní); Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh

Lawh-i-Nasir or Lawh-i-Hájí Muhammad-Nasír-i-Qazvíní (Tablet to Hájí Muhammad-Nasir-i-Qazvini)

قلم اعلی لازال بر اسم احبای خود متحرک و جاری و آنی از فیوضات لابدایات خود

The Pen of the Most High hath never ceased to make mention of the names of His loved ones…. All praise be unto Thee, O Lord, in that Thou hast sent down from the heaven of Thy bounty that whereby the worlds are purified

INBA73:144, CMB_F22, , PR19.061b-069b, PR23.052b-060b, BN_suppl.1754.064-075

BRL_DA#032, GWBP#053 p.076x, GWBP#075 p.097x, ADM2#106 p.191x, AVK1.019.01x, AVK1.150x, AVK2.016.15x, AVK2.075.20x, AVK2.116.03x, AVK3.313.15x, AVK3.407.08x, AVK4.141.02x, MJMM.166, RSBB.152, TZH4.121x, MAS4.160bx, DLS.506x, ASAT1.032x, ASAT1.123x, ASAT1.154x, ASAT2.058x, ASAT2.101x, ASAT2.191x, ASAT3.009x, ASAT3.093x, ASAT3.203x, ASAT3.217x, ASAT4.006x, ASAT4.008x, ASAT4.372x, ASAT5.224x, ADH1.083x, YMM.340x, OOL.B063

BRL_ATBH#74x, GWB#053x, GWB#075x, COC#1651x, COC#1652x, ADJ.057x, GPB.171x, GPB.377x, WOB.106x, BLO_PT#176, HURQ.BH52, JHT_S#092x

Affirms the ceaselessness of divine grace and guidance, which brings forth fruit provided the seed is cast upon fertile soil; asserts the continuity of His mission with those of Jesus, Muhammad, and the Báb; clarifies the position of Mírzá Yaḥyá as nominal figurehead; exposes the latter’s attempt to take Bahá’u’lláh’s life; and affirms that ‘every man hath been, and will continue to be, able of himself to appreciate the Beauty of God’.

Chastisement and requital; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Microcosm and macrocosm ['alam-i-akbar and 'alam-i-asghar]; Praise and encouragement; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

ROB2.245 et al, MMAH.193, GSH.173, LL#201

BH00060

Lawh-i-Abdu'r-Razzaq

5390

Bahá'í Scriptures; Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; River of Life, The; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh; Lawh-i-Abdu'r-Razzáq

Lawh-i-Abdu'r-Razzáq

مکتوب آنجناب بمنظر اکبر وارد و از قمیص کلماتش نفحات حب مالک اسما و صفات

Thy letter hath attained unto the Most Great Horizon, and from the garment of its words wafted the sweet-scented fragrance of love for the Lord of Names and Attributes [3.5s]... ...As to thy question concerning the origin of creation. Know assuredly that God’s creation hath existed from eternity, and will continue to exist forever… Thou hast asked Me whether man, as apart from the Prophets of God…

INBA38:144, BLIB_Or15698.044, , BLIB_Or15720.046, , BLIB_Or15740.038, , NLAI_BH3.047, BN_suppl.1754.021-030

BRL_DA#030, GWBP#078 p.101bx, GWBP#080 p.103x, GWBP#087 p.114x, AVK1.113ax, AVK1.213.04x, AVK1.222.10x, AVK1.272x, AVK2.042.10x, AVK2.073.12x, IQT.044, RSBB.104, MAS4.174ax, ASAT1.013x, ASAT2.019x, ASAT2.103x, ASAT4.317x, ASAT4.296x, ASAT4.530x, ASAT5.270x, ASAT5.355x, OOL.B021

BRL_ATBH#75x, GWB#078x, GWB#080x, GWB#087x, ROL.016-021x, BSC.228 #453-459x, HURQ.BH57x, HURQ.BH58x

Addresses some misconceptions of the Bábís and answers questions concerning the origin of creation, the soul after death, and the absence of historical records prior to Adam.

Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Creation of the world; Eternality vs. origination; creation from nothingness; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Soul; spirit after death; Universal language; Word of God and human limitations

LL#036, LL#411

BH00084

Suriy-i-Amr

4760

Suriy-i-Amr (Surih of Command)

سبحان الذی خلق الخلق بأمره و ابدع خلق کلشیء اقرب من ان یحصی ان انتم تعلمون

Glorified be He Who hath created all beings through His command and brought forth the creation of all things in ways beyond reckoning, were ye to comprehend [3.5s]

INBA36:001, INBA71:155, INBA81:108, BLIB_Or07852.093, , BLIB_Or15723.109, , PR19.069b-072bx, PR23.060b-063bx, ROB2.000x

BRL_DA#725, NANU_BH#17x, RSBB.026, RSBB.030, RSBB.033, SFI13.019, ASAT4.303x, ASAT4.326x, YIA.549-553x, OOL.B105

Major proclamatory work formalizing Bahá’u’lláh’s claim to divine messengership, read aloud at His instruction to Mírzá Yaḥyá and written partly in the voice of God and partly in the voice of Bahá’u’lláh, describing the rivers of paradise and apostrophizing earth and heaven, the trees and clouds, the lands of ‘Iraq and Rumelia, and the followers of the Báb.

Chastisement and requital; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Primal Will and the Word; Remembrance; Manifestation of God; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Suffering and imprisonment

ROB2.161, BKOG.230, MMAH.141, GSH.073, LL#291

BH00223

Lawh-i-Hikmat (Tablet of Wisdom)

2680

Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

Lawh-i-Hikmat (Tablet of Wisdom)

کتاب انزله الرحمن من ملکوت البیان و انه لروح الحیوان لاهل الامکان تعالی الله

This is an Epistle which the All-Merciful hath sent down from the Kingdom of Utterance. It is truly a breath of life… Say: Magnified be Thy Name, O Lord my God!

INBA47:098, INBA90:001, INBA30:052, INBA81:024, BLIB_Or15729.106, , NLAI_22848:255, NLAI_BH3.142, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p133v, , Ghazi3072.045-093, UMich962.095-105, MKI4522.255, MKI4524.290, BN_suppl.1753.089-100

AQA2#006 p.130, ADM2#011 p.026x, AVK4.437bx, MJMM.037, RSBB.092, NSR_1993.047x, ASAT1.042-043x, ASAT1.190x, ASAT1.156x, ASAT5.213x, ASAT5.372x, ADH1.103x, TBP#09, OOL.B043

TB#09, BPRY.199x, PN_1900_heh p013, ADJ.025x, GPB.197x, PDC.186-187x, SW_v14#09 p.257x, BSC.189 #277-338

Arrayanes, Rafael, Efe, Sabria & Maarten, L. Dely & M. Congo [track 8], P. Held & C. Bahia [track 9], almunajat.com [item 23]

Calls on the people to observe a number of spiritual maxims; answers a question regarding the origin of creation; describes the Word of God as ‘the Cause which hath preceded the contingent world’; identifies nature with the operation of the Divine Will; mentions in positive terms some ancient philosophers, including Empedocles, Pythagoras, Hippocrates, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Balinus, and Hermes; states that the essence and fundamentals of philosophy have emanated from the Prophets; and asserts that a true philosopher would never deny God and His evidences.

Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Greek philosophers; Greek civilization; Heat and motion; Purpose; goal of creation; Special knowledge of the Manifestation of God; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Word of God sanctified from time and place

ROB4.033 et al, BKOG.382, GPB.219, EBTB.115, MMAH.085, GSH.139, LL#116

BH00258

Lawh-i-Yusuf

2460

Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablet of Joseph (Lawh-i Yusuf); Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Resurrection and the World to Come

Lawh-i-Yusuf (Tablet of Joseph)

تلک آیات الله قد نزلت بالحق عن جهه ایمن العرش و جعلها الله هدی و ذکری للعالمین... ای یوسف حجّتم بر کلّ من فی السّموات و الارض... انّا قد جعلنا میقاتاً لکم فاذا تمّت المیقات

These are the verses of God which have verily been sent down in truth from the right hand of the Throne, and which God hath made a guidance and a remembrance unto all the worlds [3.5s]... ...We have a fixed time for you, O people. If ye fail, at the appointed hour, to turn towards God, He, verily, will lay violent hold on you

INBA38:139, BLIB_Or15694.465, , ALIB.folder18p199, NLI.32p030vx

BRL_DA#532, GWBP#108 p.139bx, AVK1.279.19x, RSBB.181, GHA.255x, UAB.031cx, MAS4.019bx, MAS8.013x, AYI2.248x, AYI2.250x, ASAT4.378x, OOL.B084b

GWB#108x, LOG#1982x, PDC.007x, WOB.201x, SW_v02#03 p.003x, BLO_PT#113, BSC.199 #339-372, KSHK#28x

Emphasizes the importance of detachment as prerequisite to the recognition of spiritual truth and explains the meaning of ‘paradise’, ‘hellfire’, ‘resurrection’, and similar terms.

Heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Word of God and human limitations

GSH.171, LL#265, LL#395

BH00346

1910

یا مهدی استمع ندآء من کان متغمسا فی بحر البلاء و اذا تمهله الامواج یرفع راسه

Hearken, O Mahdi, unto the call of Him Who is drowning in a sea of tribulation.

BLIB_Or11096#013, , BLIB_Or15698.116, , BLIB_Or15720.116, , BLIB_Or15738.108, , BLIB_Or15740.091, , LEID.Or4971-7 p4,

BRL_DA#279, AVK2.307.06x, IQT.116, RSBB.085, ASAT3.115x, ASAT3.132x, ASAT4.287x, ASAT4.406x, ASAT4.432x, ASAT4.496x, ASAT5.256x

PDC.028x, KSHK#24

Episodes from the early history of Islam; Rejection of Muhammad; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH00395

Lawh-i-Sayyah (=Suratu'l-Widad)

1720

Lawh-i-Sayyah (Tablet of the Traveller)

ان یا علی فاشهد بانی ظهور الله فی جبروت البقاء و بطونه فی غیب العماء و جمال

O Ali! Bear thou witness that verily I am the Manifestation of God in the Kingdom of eternity, His concealment in the mystic realm of the divine cloud, and the Beauty [3.5s]... ...Upon Our arrival We were welcomed with banners of light, whereupon the Voice of the Spirit cried out saying

INBA36:052, INBA71:211

BRL_DA#396, RSBB.075, MUH3.258-262, OOL.B079

GPB.184x2x, HURQ.BH49

Declares Bahá’u’lláh’s messianic claim; urges the Bábís to embrace it; relates a mystical journey to different groups of people who, though outwardly pious, were veiled in various ways from recognizing the truth; and foretells His further exile to the ‘vale of Nabíl’, later interpreted as a reference to the city of ‘Akká.

Banishment to; life in 'Akka; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Self-concealment of the Manifestation of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

ROB2.210, ROB3.013, BKOG.220, BKOG.245, MMAH.220, GSH.079, LL#236

BH00431

Lawh-i-Ibna'

1630

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh

تلک لآیات الله المهیمن القیوم الی الذینهم آمنوا بالله و آیاته و هم من فزع

These are the verses of God, the All-Protecting, the Self-Subsisting, unto them that have believed in God and His signs, and who are among those that are in terror [3.5s]... ...And now, concerning thy question regarding the creation of man. Know thou that all men have been created in the nature made by God

INBA35:063

BRL_DA#109, GWBP#077 p.101ax, RSBB.069, TZH5.148x, MAS1.065x, AHDW.010, YIK.050-054, OOL.B161

BRL_ATBH#38x, GWB#077x, GPB.242x, SW_v08#14 p.185x

Admonishes the believers not to deny Him, not to forget the Covenant established in the Bayán and in all the sacred Books, and not to contend with His verses. Answers three questions out of more than twenty that were asked: regarding the station of man -- that all were created in God's nature and have been assigned predetermined measures of capacities and capabilities, which manifest according to their individual efforts; regarding His own station, which is greater than the creation of the heavens and the earth; and regarding the station of His sons, one of whom which will be manifested "through the power of the true Faith".

Free will and predestination; fate; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Power of the Manifestation of God; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

ROB2.259-260, LL#141, LL#384, LL#433

BH00544

1360

ان یا حرف الحی اسمع اصوات اجنحه هذا الطیر فی هذا الهوآء باجنحه الیاقوت و

O Letter of the Living! Hearken unto the sounds of the wings of this Bird in this atmosphere, with wings of ruby [3.5s]

INBA38:086bx, INBA74:083, BLIB_Or03114.065rx, , BLIB_Or15737.207b,

RSBB.132x, YMM.470x

Prayer for spiritual recognition; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH00586

1300

یوم یوم الله است و کل ما سواه بر هستی و عظمت و اقتدار او گواه بعضی شناخته و

This is the Day of God, and all else besides Him beareth witness to His Being, His Grandeur and His Power. Some have recognized [3.5s]... ...Regard thou the one true God as One Who is apart from, and immeasurably exalted above, all created things.

INBA39:045, BLIB_Or11096#014, , BLIB_Or15698.155, , BLIB_Or15720.152, , BLIB_Or15740.119,

BRL_DA#665, AVK1.015.13x, AVK2.021.02x, AVK3.386.15x, IQT.155, RSBB.100, MAS8.108cx, ASAT5.285x

PDC.133x

Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Knowledge; recognition of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life

BH00614

1240

ای مهدی الواح قدس منیر بتو انزال و ارسال فرمودم که شاید بانوارش مستضی ء شده

O Mahdi! Tablets of holy radiance have I revealed and sent unto thee, that perchance thou mayest be illumined by their light [3.5s]

RSBB.134, AYI2.246x, MUH3.100-103

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH00620

1230

ان یا جمال الفتح بشنو نغمات عز الهی را بلحن پارسی تالله لن تسمع لو تفحص فی

O Jamalu'l-Fath! Hearken unto the melodies of divine glory in the Persian tongue. By God, thou wouldst not hear their like, though thou shouldst search [3.5s]

INBA57:041

RSBB.123, MAS8.132ax

Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Knowledge; recognition of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Seal of the Prophets; Suffering and imprisonment; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Word of God and human limitations

BH00638

1200

Provisional Translations of Selected Writings of the Báb, Baháʼuʼlláh, and ʻAbdu'l-Bahá

ای خلیل انشاء الله از نار اعراض مظاهر نمرودیه محفوظ مانی و در کل اعصار بثناء

O Khalil! God willing, mayest thou remain preserved from the fire of rejection kindled by the manifestations of Nimrod-like souls, and in all ages [be engaged] in praise [3.5s]... ...I swear by the incomparable, the one true God! No atom in the heavens and the earth moveth except by the leave of the Ancient Beauty and the good-pleasure of His will

INBA57:062, INBA81:051x

AVK3.192.03x, AVK3.196.11x, RSBB.119, GHA.328x, TZH2.351x, MAS4.155x, MAS8.009bx, AKHA_106BE #10 p.002x

BLO_sazedj#08x

Contention and conflict; Martyrs and martyrdom; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH00656

1160

ان استمع ما یوحی الیک من شطر القدس مقر ربک العلی الاعلی من هذا الجمال الابدع

Hearken unto that which is revealed unto thee from the precincts of holiness, the seat of thy Lord, the Most High, the Most Exalted, from this Most Wondrous Beauty [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15696.167, , BLIB_Or15738.086,

RSBB.144

Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Preservation; transcription of the Sacred Writings; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Unity of existence [wahdatu'l-wujud]

BH00677

1130

ذلک الکتاب لا ریب فیه تنزیل بالحق من لدن حکیم خبیرا و یهدی الناس الی جوار

This is the Book, wherein there is no doubt, sent down in truth from the presence of One Who is All-Wise, All-Informed, guiding mankind unto nearness [3.5s]

INBA19:023, INBA32:023, INBA36:020, INBA71:177

LHKM2.026, RSBB.021

Blind imitation [taqlid]; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Prayer for tests and difficulties; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH00698

Lawh-i-Manikchi Sahib

1110

Bahá'í Scriptures; Baha'u'llah's Tablet to Mánikchí Sáhib; Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Tabernacle of Unity, The

Lawh-i-Manikchi Sahib (Tablets to Manikchi Sahib); - Tabernacle of Unity (book)

ستایش بیننده پاینده را سزا است که بشبنمی از دریای بخشش خود آسمان هستی را بلند

Praise be to the all-perceiving, the ever-abiding Lord Who, from a dewdrop out of the ocean of His grace, hath reared the firmament of existence

INBA35:116, BLIB_Or15715.120b, , BLIB_Or15722.092, , BN_suppl.1753.118-123

BRL_TBUP#1, GWBP#106 p.138x, AVK3.095.19x, AVK3.104.08x, AVK3.169.06x, AVK3.205.03x, ZYN.236, MJMM.259, RSBB.175, YARP1.019, DWNP_v5#02-3 p.001-002x, UAB.021ax, UAB.027ax, UAB.032ax, UAB.035ax, UAB.046cx, DRD.002, DLS.301x, NVJ.030, ASAT1.009x, ASAT4.014x, ASAT4.131x, ASAT5.041x, PYB#066 p.03x, ADH1.009x, AKHA_109BE #01 p.002x, AKHA_119BE #08 p.ax, PYM.111ax, ANDA#79 p.12x, ANDA#79 p.16x, OOL.B056

TBU#1, GWB#106x, SW_v01#01 p.005, SW_v03#02 p.003, SW_v07#18 p.186, BLO_PT#019, BSC.130 #050

Parrish & Toppano, S. Toloui-Wallace, M. Sparrow, The Joburg Baha'i Choir, Sahar & Hoda

Addresses a number of theological questions by implying that the answers lie in the realm of action, in the process elucidating several central Bahá’í teachings: that the Manifestations should be regarded as ‘divine physicians’ prescribing the remedy from age to age in accordance with the disease, that the unity of mankind is the remedy for the ills of today, that one should be ‘anxiously concerned with the needs of the age’ in which one lives and centre one’s deliberations ‘on its exigencies and requirements’, and that words should be matched with deeds and that both should be motivated by purity of intention.

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Procession; appearance of the Word from God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Unity; oneness of humanity; Words vs deeds

ROB3.270, GSH.174, LL#160, LL#176

BH00782

1020

هذا ذکر من الله الی الذین هم کسروا اصنام انفسهم بتقوی الله و حفظوا امانات

This is a remembrance from God unto those who have shattered the idols of self through the fear of God and have preserved the divine trusts [3.5s]

INBA36:042, INBA71:201, BLIB_Or07852.111c,

BRL_DA#027, RSBB.004

Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prophecy and fulfillment; Rejection by the people of the Bayan

BH00903

910

هذا کتاب یهدی الی الحق و یذکر الناس بایام الروح و یبشرهم برضوان الله المهیمن

This is a Book that guideth unto truth, remindeth the people of the days of the Spirit, and beareth unto them the glad-tidings of God's all-compelling Paradise [3.5s]

INBA36:025, INBA71:182, BLIB_Or15696.171c,

BRL_DA#365, LHKM2.032, RSBB.018, ASAT2.194x

Avoidance of Covenant-Breakers; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Self-concealment of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

LL#378

BH01113

750

تبارک الذی بیده ملکوت ملک السموات و الارض و انه کان بکل شیء علیما له الجود

Blessed is He in Whose hand is the Kingdom of the heavens and of the earth, and verily He hath knowledge of all things. His is the bounty [3.5s]

INBA36:063, INBA71:223

RSBB.082

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Superiority; incomparability of the Word of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH01231

680

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh

Lawh-i-Muhammad-`Alí I and II

ای محمد قبل علی بشنو ندای محبوب باوفا را که از شطر ابهی ندا میفرماید و

O Muhammad-'Ali! Hearken unto the call of thy faithful Beloved, Who from the Most Glorious Horizon doth proclaim and [3.5s]... ...I swear by the beauty of the Well-Beloved! This is the Mercy that hath encompassed the entire creation, the Day whereon the grace of God hath permeated and pervaded all things

INBA35:035, INBA74:097, BLIB_Or03116.106r, , BLIB_Or11096#033, , BLIB_Or15710.208, , BLIB_Or15722.151,

BRL_DA#767, GWBP#142 p.198x, ADM1#010 p.031x, AVK3.178.13x, RSBB.090, MAS4.110, ASAT5.167x, ADH1.029x

GWB#142x

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Prayer for forgiveness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

ROB2.117, LL#186

BH01263

670

ذکر من لدنا لمن تشرف بلقا الله و فاز بندائه الاحلی و حضر لدی العرش

A remembrance from Our presence unto him who hath attained the presence of God and hearkened unto His most sweet call and stood before the Throne [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15719.085b,

RSBB.172b

Consolation and comfort; Eulogies; reminiscences; Suffering and imprisonment; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world

BH01264

670

ذلک الکتاب یهدی الی الرشد و جعله الله حجه و ذکری لمن فی السموات و الارضین لا

That is the Book which guideth unto righteousness, and God hath made it a testimony and a remembrance unto all who dwell in the heavens and on earth [3.5s]

INBA36:046, INBA71:205

RSBB.002, YFY.064-065x

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Imam Husayn; Martyrs and martyrdom; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH01400

610

ان یا کمال الدین ان اشهد فی نفسک بانه لا اله الا هو المبدع البدیع قل انه

O Kamálu'd-Dín! Bear thou witness within thine own self that verily there is no God but Him, the Originator, the Wondrous. Say: He [3.5s]

INBA36:035, INBA71:193

RSBB.011b

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Self-concealment of the Manifestation of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH01404

610

این نامه این مسجونست باسم منیر و قمیص یوسف مصر الهی ست بکلمه بصیر قمیص غلام

This epistle belongeth to this Prisoner and is, like unto the garment of Joseph of divine Egypt, adorned with the word "All-Seeing" - the garment of the servant [3.5s]

INBA38:093b, INBA74:053, NLI.32p155v

RSBB.140, ASAT1.018x, YIK.183-184

Humility; meekness; lowliness; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH01465

590

ذلک الکتاب نزل بالحق من لدن سلطان عز مبینا انه لا ریب فیه هدی للعالمین جمیعا

This is the Book sent down in truth from the presence of a Sovereign of manifest glory - verily there is no doubt therein; it is a guidance unto all the worlds [3.5s]

INBA36:066, INBA71:226

RSBB.084

Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Prophecy and fulfillment; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness

BH01483

580

تلک آیات الله الملک المتعالی القادر المقتدر العزیز المحبوب و یذکر الناس فی

These are the verses of God, the King, the Most Exalted, the All-Powerful, the Almighty, the Glorious, the Best-Beloved, Who remembereth the people in [3.5s]

INBA36:031, INBA71:189

LHKM2.042, RSBB.015

Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH01532

570

هذا لوح ینطق بالحق و فیه ما یهدی الناس الی الله العزیز الحمید الذی قدر لنا

This is a Tablet that speaketh with truth, and wherein is that which guideth humanity unto God, the Mighty, the All-Praised, Who hath ordained for us [3.5s]

INBA36:037b, INBA71:196b, BLIB_Or15696.193b,

RSBB.010, NFQ.002bx

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to Muslims; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH01562

560

هذا یوم فیه ارتفع ندآء الله من شطر السجن الاعظم و ینادی الامم بانه لا اله الا

This is the Day wherein the Call of God hath been raised from the precincts of the Most Great Prison, summoning the peoples that there is none other God but He [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15719.081b,

RSBB.179, ASAT1.200x

Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Living waters; water of life; Praise and encouragement; Proclamation of the Cause (general or uncategorized); Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH01595

550

ندای الهی در بریه مقدسه از شجره مبارکه احدیه مرتفع شد و کل را ندا فرمود و

The divine Call was raised from the blessed Tree of Oneness in the sacred wilderness, summoning all [3.5s]

RSBB.129

Goodly deeds; actions; Holy war [jihad]; violence in the name of God; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Service to others; to the Cause of God

BH01596

550

هذا کتاب الله العلی المقتدر الکریم الی الله العزیز السلطان الممتنع المنیع و

This is the Book of God, the Most Exalted, the All-Powerful, the Most Generous, unto God, the Mighty, the Sovereign, the Inaccessible, the All-Glorious [3.5s]

INBA36:018, INBA71:175, BLIB_Or15696.117,

LHKM2.022, RSBB.024, YMM.218x

Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Suffering; rejection of Christ

BH01682

520

ای محمد بشنو نغمه الله را که از سماء عز امر نازل است و حجبات اوهام را بقوت

O Muhammad! Hearken unto the melody of God that hath descended from the heaven of His glorious Command, and with its potency rend asunder the veils of idle fancy [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15710.214b, , BLIB_Or15722.157,

RSBB.138b, AYI2.376x

Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering; rejection of Christ; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH01824

490

هذا لوح نزل بالحق من لدن عزیز قدیرا و قدر فیه مقادیر الامر من قلم قدس منیعا

This is a Tablet that hath been sent down in truth from the presence of One mighty and powerful, wherein the measures of the Cause have been ordained by a most holy and exalted Pen [3.5s]

INBA36:062, INBA71:221

RSBB.080

Oneness; unity of religion; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Word of God and human limitations

BH01827

480

ابواب افضالیکه از اول لا اول الی حین مسدود بود اذا قد فتح بالحق باصبع عز

The gates of bounty, which from time immemorial had remained sealed, have now been opened by the fingers of Glory [3.5s]

BN_suppl.1754.147-148

RSBB.142, AYI2.244x, ASAT4.366x

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Development of capacity and readiness; Knowledge; recognition of God; Love of God; Presence of; reunion with God; Pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH01867

470

ان یا علی فاشهد فی نفسک و ذاتک و روحک بانه هو الله لا اله الا انا العزیز

O Ali! Bear thou witness in thyself, in thine essence and in thy spirit, that verily He is God, there is no God but Me, the Mighty One [3.5s]

INBA36:033, INBA71:191

RSBB.013

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Self-concealment of the Manifestation of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment

BH01905

460

ای دوستان الهی فودی عز و تسلیم را با عصاب توحید و تقدیس مزین نموده و بضحضاح

O friends of God! Adorn the crown of glory and submission with the ornament of unity and sanctification [3.5s]

RSBB.131

Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Mystical themes; Nearness and remoteness; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

BH01915

460

ذکر الله فی شجره القدس بقعه التی بارکها الله علی بقاع الارض الله لا اله الا

The mention of God hath arisen from the Sacred Tree in that spot which God hath blessed above all the regions of earth - there is no God but Him [3.5s]

INBA36:049, INBA71:208, BLIB_Or07852.113,

RSBB.001, ASAT4.263x

Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Idolatry; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH02022

Lawh-i-Ahmad (Arabic)

440

Tablet of Ahmad, Arabic (Lawh-i-Ahmad); Tablet of Ahmad (Arabic); Bahá'í Prayers [2002]

Lawh-i-Ahmad (Tablet of Ahmad (Arabic))

هذه ورقه الفردوس تغنی علی افنان سدره البقا بالحان قدس ملیح و یبشر المخلصین

Lo, the Nightingale of Paradise singeth upon the twigs of the Tree of Eternity, with holy and sweet melodies

INBA19:001, INBA32:002, INBA36:041, INBA71:199, INBA30:076, BN_suppl.1974.067

BRL_DA#197, AHM.193, RSBB.007, SFI17.008, TZH4.302, TSBT.215, NSR_1993.025, NFF1.016, BSHA.032, ASAT5.103x, ABMK.052, OOL.B023a

BPRY.307

Ahdieh, L. Slott, G.H. Miller, Seals & Crofts, L. Bergsmo & S. Vadeghani, R. Lehmer-Chang, MANA, N. Hamilton, R. Grammer [track 2], L. Dely, L. Dely & M. Congo, KC Porter, Ladjamaya [track 15], almunajat.com [item 19], F. Dehghan & M. Weigert

Brief words of consolation and encouragement to its recipient, affirming the prophetic station of the Báb, exhorting steadfastness, and assuring the resolution of difficulties and the removal of afflictions to the one who chants it.

Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; Power of prayer; Recompense; reward for belief; right action; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

ROB2.107, MMAH.183, GSH.074, LL#040

BH02038

430

ای مهاجر الی الله بشنو ندای این طیر بقا را که در تحت مخالیب اشقیا مبتلا شده

O thou who hast migrated unto God! Hearken unto the call of this Bird of Immortality, Who hath been made captive beneath the talons of the wicked ones [3.5s]

RSBB.128, GHA.005ax, GJV.007, YFY.059-060

Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power of the Manifestation of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Words vs deeds

BH02139

410

ای ذبیح بلسان پارسی ذکر میشود هر نفسی اراده نماید بمعنی آن فائز گردد الیوم

O Dhabíh! In the Persian tongue mention is made, that whosoever willeth may attain unto its meaning this Day [3.5s]

RSBB.151

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH02199

400

ای زین ایام شداد که در الواح سداد از قلم رب الایجاد نازل ارکان بلاد را

O thou who, in these grievous days inscribed in the inviolable tablets by the Pen of the Lord of Creation, hast shaken the pillars of every land [3.5s]

RSBB.149

Apocalyptic imagery; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Teaching the Cause; call to teach

BH02202

400

تبارک الذی له ما فی السموات و ما فی الارض و کل له عابدون و له ما خلق و یخلق

Blessed is He unto Whom belongeth whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is in the earth, and all are His worshippers, and unto Him belongeth that which He hath created and createth [3.5s]

INBA36:028, INBA71:186

LHKM2.037, RSBB.017

Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God

BH02203

400

جناب رحیم و صاد بنفحات عز مرحمت ربانی مسرور بوده بدانند که لم یزل عنایات

Jinab-i-Rahim va Sad! May ye be cheered by the sweet-scented breezes of divine bounty, and know ye that the favors of the Lord have ever [3.5s]

INBA38:084b

RSBB.148

Love of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH02281

390

سبحان الذی یسجد له کل من فی السموات و الارض و کل الیه یرجعون سبح لله کل من فی

Glorified be He before Whom all who are in the heavens and on earth bow down in adoration, and unto Whom all shall return. All in the heavens glorify God [3.5s]

INBA36:030, INBA71:188, CMB_F22.046b,

AVK2.098.02x, LHKM2.039, RSBB.016, JRAS.446, BRHL.63

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH02285

390

فسبحان الذی نزل الایات بالحق لقوم یعقلون و انها لتنزیل من لدی الله المهیمن

Glorified be He Who hath sent down the verses in truth for a people who understand, and verily it is a revelation from God, the All-Subduing [3.5s]

INBA36:050, INBA71:210, BLIB_Or15696.155c,

RSBB.074

Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH02323

380

ح س ن ذکر الله علی سیناء القرب عن شطر الایمن علی بقعه الرمان فی فردوس العز قد

Ha, Sin, Nun. The remembrance of God hath been made upon the Sinai of Nearness, from the right side, at the Spot of the Pomegranate in the Paradise of Glory [3.5s]

BRL_DA#208, RSBB.067, YMM.214x

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; One universal law; attractive power of love; Power of love; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transcendence; unknowability of God

BH02345

380

کینونت بقا در هیکل بها بالحان فارسی احلی میفرماید ای حبیب الله فارغ شو از کل

The Essence of Eternity, in the Temple of Glory, doth warble in sweetest Persian melodies: O beloved of God, detach thyself from all [3.5s]

RSBB.147

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Self-concealment of the Manifestation of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation

BH02389

370

تلک آیات القدس نزلت بالحق من لدی الله العزیز الجمیل و فیها ما یغنی الناس عن

These are the verses of holiness which have been sent down in truth from the presence of God, the Mighty, the Beauteous, and in them lieth that which enricheth mankind [3.5s]

INBA36:039, INBA71:198, NLAI_BH1.347

RSBB.009

Personal instructions; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH02418

370

هذا لوح قد انزله الله حینئذ بالحق و جعله حجه للعالمین و انه بنفسه لکتاب مبین

This is a Tablet which God hath, in truth, sent down at this time and made it a proof unto all the worlds, and verily it is in itself a perspicuous Book [3.5s]

INBA36:016, INBA71:173, BLIB_Or15696.143d,

LHKM2.020, RSBB.025

Idle fancies; lust and passion; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH02445

360

ای امتی بجان دوست حقیقی که از دنیا و آخرت بهتر و خوشتر و نیکوتر است که

O my handmaiden! By the life of the true Friend, which is better and sweeter and more excellent than this world and the world to come [3.5s]... ...The land of Ta hath been the seat of the Throne and the dawning place of the Desired Morn. It is the place of the Ukht and where the friends of God repose

BLIB_Or15710.252, , BLIB_Or15715.120a,

RSBB.178

LTDT.271x

Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Law of pilgrimage; Love of God; Shrines and Holy places; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities

BH03591

250

اسمع ندآء ربک ثم اعمل بما تومر من لدن علیم خبیرا لتکون متبعا امر ربک بما نزل

Hearken unto the call of thy Lord, then act in accordance with that which thou art bidden from the presence of One All-Knowing, All-Informed, that thou mayest follow the command of thy Lord as revealed [3.5s]

INBA35:062

RSBB.068b

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Thankfulness; gratitude; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times

BH04009

230

حمد محبوب لن یعرفی را لایق و سزاست که جمیع من فی السموات و الارض را بحرفی از

Praise be to the unknowable Beloved, Who is worthy and befitting of the adoration of all who dwell in the heavens and on earth through but a word of [3.5s]

INBA71:220

RSBB.127, MAS8.073bx

Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Nearness and remoteness; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The Word of God; influence and centrality of

BH04828

200

معلوم بوده که مسافران الی الله بعد از طی مراتب ماسواه بمحل معروف که مشهور

It is well known that the wayfarers unto God, after passing the way stations of what is other than he, arrived at the renowned place known as Istanbul

RSBB.126, MAS4.369x, ASAT1.108x, PYB#129 p.03

WIND#139

Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement

BH04971

190

ان یا امتی لاتحرکی لسانک الا بذکری و لاتوجهی الا بجهتی فامحی عن قلبک کل شیء

O My handmaiden! Let not thy tongue move save in remembrance of Me, nor turn thou save toward My countenance. Efface from thy heart all else [3.5s]

Majlis210461.050

RSBB.146, MAS8.029bx

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Love of God; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

BH04972

190

ان یا امه الله اسمعی ندآء الله عن هذا الغصن الذی کان علی وادی القدس عن یمین

O handmaid of God! Hearken unto the Call of God from this Branch that standeth in the holy vale upon the right hand [3.5s]

NLAI_BH1.340

RSBB.068a

Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God

ROB2.179, LL#002

BH05139

190

کلمات محکمه که بذکر رب الارباب مزین بود مشاهده شد و نسمات فردوس از آن

The mighty words, adorned with the mention of the Lord of Lords, were beheld, and from them wafted the breezes of Paradise [3.5s]

RSBB.150

Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Wisdom [hikmat]

BH06474

150

ای رضا عالم مجازی و عالم ظاهری هر دو نیست محضند و در لباس هستی جلوه نمایند

O Riḍá! The world of illusion and the visible world are both utter nothingness, though they manifest themselves in the garment of existence [3.5s]

RSBB.143

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness

BH06984

140

ای جواد اگر قلبت را از تعلق بدنیا و آنچه در او هست منزه نمائی و با نفس قدسی

O Javád! Shouldst thou cleanse thy heart from attachment to this world and all that is therein, and with sanctified spirit [3.5s]

BLIB_Or15710.214a,

RSBB.138a

Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering

BH07245

140

کتاب انزله مالک القدر من منظره الاکبر لمن اقبل الی مشرق الوحی اذ ظهرت الساعه

This is the Book which the Lord of Power hath sent down from His Most Great Horizon unto him who hath turned toward the Dayspring of Revelation when the Hour appeared [3.5s]

INBA28:223a

RSBB.171

Power of the Manifestation of God; Praise and encouragement; Preservation; transcription of the Sacred Writings

BH08926

110

قد ذکر اسمک لدی العرش و نزل لک ما تفرح به قلوب اولی الالباب انه لسیف الله بین

Thy name hath been mentioned before the Throne, and there hath been sent down unto thee that which rejoiceth the hearts of them that are endued with understanding. Verily, it is the Sword of God amidst [3.5s]

RSBB.172a

Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Thankfulness; gratitude

BH10764

ان یا امه الله ان اشکری فی نفسک بما یذکرک الله حینئذ بلسان قدس محبوب و یرفع بذلک

O handmaid of God! Render thanks within thy soul, inasmuch as God maketh mention of thee at this moment with a sanctified and beloved tongue, and thereby doth exalt [3.5s]

INBA36:037a, INBA71:196a

RSBB.011a

Love of God; Praise and encouragement

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